Nursing bottle holder



Aug. 1, 1944.

J. J. LAWRENCE NURSING BOTTLE HOLDER s sheets-sheet 1 Filed Dec. 2, 1945 n By MyW/15mm.

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Filed Dec. 2, 1943 5 Sheets-Sheet` 5 Patented Aug. 1, 1944 UNITED VSTATES PATENT 'o1-"Fics v s I 2,354,955

NURSING BOTTLE HOLDER John Jacob Lawrence, Chester, Pa. Application December 2, 1943, Serial No. l.512,614

' 401551115. (ci. 24S- 105) The present invention lrelates to new and useful improvements in nursing .bottle holders for baby carriages and has for its primary object to provide a device of this character adapted for attaching to a baby carriage for holding the bot-A tle in a convenient position for use by the baby.

A further object is to provide novel means for adjusting the bottle in a desired position.

Another object is to provide a device of this character of simple and practical construction, which is eicient and reliable in use, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevational view of a baby carriage showing the bottle holder in position thereon.

Figure 2 is a top plan view.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on a line-3 3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional View taken on a line 4 4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a sectional view through the adjustable arm of the holder taken on a line 5 5 of Figure 2.

Figure 6 is a perspective View of one of the carriage clamps.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the lower end of the adjustable arm, and

Figure 8 is a perspective view of one of the retaining pins for the arm.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the numeral 5 designates the body of a conventional baby carriage which includes the side walls 6 6 and to which the top 'I is pivotally attached by bolts and wing nuts 'I A pair of brackets 8 8 are constructed with spaced legs 9 9 positioned against the outer sides of the walls G B'and secured theretoby the bolts and wing nuts 'l' 1, the upper portion of the brackets including vertically spaced anges I9 I between which short bars I I II are positioned for resting on the upper edges of the walls 6 6.

Also positioned between the anges of one of the brackets is a bar I2 secured thereto by a bolt I3, the outer end of the bar being hollow for slidably receiving one end of a bar I4 having its other end secured between the flanges of the other bracket :bra screwV I5. To cornpensate `for the variation inthickness of the bars I2 and I4 .and to secure the :bars in a horizontal position transversely of the carriage, a spacing block I6 is inserted between the yflanges Ill and the upper edge of the body of the carriage at the side thereof to which the narrow bar I4 is attached. 'f

The bars I2 and I4 are square shaped in crosssection and mounted on the bar I2 is a pair of disks Il ll having central openings I8-I8 for conformably receiving the bar to prevent rotation of the disks. The disks are also provided with spaced aligned openings I9 adjacent their edges for receiving pins 20 and 2l therein.

An arm 22 has one edge resting on the bar I2 between the disks and its opposite edge is formed with teeth 23 between which one or more pins 20 are received transversely of the arm to se#- cure the arm in vertically adjusted position. By changing the position of the pins in the openings I9 the arm 22 may be adjusted about the axis of the disks to also raise or lower the outer end of the arm.

A nursing bottle 24 is secured to the outer end of the arm by a pair of clamps 25 25 with the nipple 26 on the bottle projecting downwardly beyond the arm in. a convenient position for use by a baby lying in the carriage.

The lower end of the arm 22 is covered by a strip of rubber or other soft material 21 to prevent injury'to the baby. In the operation of the device, the brackets 8 are clamped to the sides of the carriage by the bolts and wing nuts I0 so that the sections of the bar I2 and I4 extend transversely of the carriage in apositon above l the infant. The rack bar 22 is then placed be bar I2 and the rack bar is then adjusted into a desired position by sliding the rack bar vertically or by swinging the rack bar about the axis of the bar I2 and securing the rack bar in its adjusted position by inserting one or more pins 20 through the openings I9 of the disks so as to engage the teeth of the rack bar.

The entire holder may be easily and quickly removed from the carriage by loosening the bolts and wing nuts III-II) and sliding the brackets upwardly out of engagement therewith.

Eyes 28 on one of the bars II serve to hold the pins 20 and 2| when not in use.

It is believed that the details of construction and manner of use of the device will be readdisk and with which the teeth of the arm is selectively engageable for securing the arm in a swingably adjusted position about the axis of the disk.

3. A nursing bottle holder for baby carriages comprising a bar composed of telescoping sections, means for securing the outer ends of the bar to the sides of a carriage, a pair of disks mounted in spaced relation on the bar, an arm resting on the bar and having a nursing bottle secured to one end thereof and means carried by the disks and engageable with the arm for securing the latter in swingably adjusted position about the axis ofthe disks. v

.4, A nursingH bottle holder" Afor'baby'carriages comprising a bar composed of telescoping sections, means for securing the outer ends of the bar to the sides of a carriage, a pair of disks 2. A nursing bottle holder for baby carriages v comprising a. bar disposed transversely of the top of the carriage, means for removably` securing the ends of the bar to the carriage, an arm hav- 'ing a nursing bottle secured to one end thereof Iand resting on the barya disk carried by the bar, and -meansfor securing` the arm to the disk for l*swingable adjustment ofthe arm about the axis of theV disk.

mounted in spaced relation on the bar, an arm havinga nursing bottle secured at one end thereof, said 'arm being positioned between said disksvand having teeth on one edge thereof, said disks having circumferentially arranged openings, and pins selectively inserted in said openings and engaged with the teeth of the arm to secure the arm in a desired position of adjustment on said disks. i V- y JOHN JACOB LAWRENCE 

